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Should university students use Wikipedia?http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/may/13/should-university-students-use-wikipedia
Most academics look down on the open source encyclopedia, but does it really hinder students' studies?<p>It goes without saying that students use Wikipedia extensively, probably more than any other social group. Although the website's founder Jimmy Wales once <a href="http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/wikipedia-founder-discourages-academic-use-of-his-creation/2305" title="">warned readers not to use the website for academic purposes</a>, American research shows that <a href="http://firstmonday.org/article/view/2830/2476" title="">the majority of students browse its pages when researching essays</a>.</p><p>Most universities and academics distrust the service, my department's &quot;Essential Guide for Students&quot; leaves no room for ambiguity, warning us: &quot;Never cite Wikipedia.&quot; But why is the academic world so hostile to this vast information resource? And why do students find it so hard to stay away?</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/may/13/should-university-students-use-wikipedia">Continue reading...</a>StudentsHigher educationEducationWikipediaInternetTechnologyMon, 13 May 2013 09:11:40 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/may/13/should-university-students-use-wikipediaAntonio Zazueta Olmos/ Antonio OlmosDoes Wikipedia stop students from engaging with academic texts? Photograph: Antonio Zazueta OlmosAntonio Zazueta Olmos/ Antonio Olmoslaptop in library Photograph: Antonio Zazueta Olmos/ Antonio OlmosAdam Coomer2013-05-13T09:11:40Z